Screen Shot 2017-11-13 at 2.58.23 PM Published on November 13, 2017 in This Mainer is the only American ever executed for slave tradingFull resolution (806 × 517) Next → Executed slave trader Nathaniel Gordon’s grandson had the same name, though he went by Ned. This is a photo of him (seated, fourth from left) when he was a young newspaper reporter in Portland. (This image is item no. at the Maine Memory Network)